Enter and View: The Spinney
We visited The Spinney nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch Coventry, and to look at how residents' physical health needs are supported.
We collected our information by speaking to the Home Manager, two members of staff, six residents and two visitors.
Our recommendations
- Consider converting one of the less utilised rooms or shower rooms into a dedicated room for use by visiting hairdressers and chiropodists. Residents would feel pampered and like they had been to a salon.
- Contact environmental services/local council to sort out the smell of sewage at the front of the building.
- Introduce the use of carpet or rubber mats in the lounge to reduce the noise level when playing activities such as skittles.
- Décor in many areas of the home looked tired and in need of refurbishment. The Home Manager advised us that he has received authorisation for some areas of the home to be refurbished such as the dining room. We look forward to seeing these changes when we next visit.
- Reduce the risk of isolation by arranging more trips out, especially with the residents who do not have dementia or with less progressed dementia. Meet with residents to discuss where they would like to go and who would like to take part.
- Improve access to outside space to enable residents to access the garden more independently.
